SIUTIIOIUMA. — VERONICA. 
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much branched. FI. numerous, pink, in leafy unilateral spikes. 
— Corn-iields and waste j)laces. A. VII. VIII. 
12. SiuTiioiiniA Linn. 
1 . S. eiiropma ( L.). — E. R. (14!). — An elegant trailing plant with 
slender filiform ereejiing steins, and alternate long-stalked round- 
ish reniform leaves with a few large erenations. FI. very small, 
axillary, solitary, on short stalks, jiinkish, inconspicuous. — Damp 
shady places in the south and south-west. P. VI. — IX. E. 1. 
13. Veronica Linii. 
* Racemes axillary. {Roof perennial.) 
1. T'. scutellata (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate acute sessile minutely 
denticulated, racemes alternate, fruitstalks retlexed, caps, of 2 
fiuttish orbicular lobes, st. erect. — E. B. 782. St. 58. 3. — Root 
stoloniferous. St. weak, elongated. FI. pale flesh-coloured, with 
darker lines. Sep. small, lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 
capsule. — ^.pubescens (Koch) ; st. hairy. V. Parmularia “ Poit.” 
— In boggy places. (3. “Shropshire.” Leighton. “North of Scot- 
land.” Murray. White-moor Pond, Surrey. Iludswell Moor, 
York. Mr. J. Ward. P. VI.— VIII. 
2. V. AnagalUs (L.) ; 1. lanceolate serrated acute sessile, ra- 
cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, elliptical slightly 
notched, st. erect. — E. il. 781. — Root stoloniferous. St. thick, 
hollow', varying much in height. FI. pale bine. Sep. lanceolate, 
longer than the capsule. Racemes sometimes clothed with glan- 
dular hairs. Whole jilaut usually glabrous. — In stagnant water. 
P. VI. — VIII. Water Speedwell. 
3. V. Beccabunga (L.); 1. stalked elliptical obtuse crenate- 
serrate, racemes opjiosite, fi-uitstalks spreaihng, caps, roundish 
tumid slightly notched, st. procumbent at the base rooting. — E. B. 
655. St. 12. 1. — FI. bright blue. Whole plant glabrous. — /3. li- 
mosa ; bracts longer than the pedicels, fl. pink or flesh-coloured. 
V. limosa Lej. — Ditches and streams. /3. Dalkeith Park near 
Edinburgh. Prof. Balfour. P. V. — VIII. Brooklime. 
4. V. Chamasdrys (L.); 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate inciso- 
serrate, racemes ojiposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps, flat obcor- 
date deeply notched ciliated shorter than the cal., st. bifariously 
hairy ascending. — E. B. 623. St. 58. 6. — Fl. large, numerous, 
handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. — Hedge-banks. P. V. 
VI. Germander Speedwell. 
5. V. montana (L.); 1. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 
stalks ascending, caps, orbicular notched theii' margins crenulated 
and ciliated longer than the cal., st. diffuse hairy all round pro- 
